Golf game



patented Jan. 17, 1928.

UNITED STATESY PATENT OFFICE.

PHILII KURTZ, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GOLF canin Application :tiled February 8, 1927. Serial No. 166,638.

green, in which are positioned cupsfor the i reception of the golfballs, the rear and sides of the putting green being provided withgutters of a novel construction so that any oli ball missing a hole willbe instant y out of play whereby an interesting and amusing gamerequiring care and skill may -be played which will interest a novice aswell as the most advanced golfer, my novel device thus providing a golfgame for indoor or outdoor use which will enable golf enthusiasts duringall seasons of the year, to keep, in form and kat the same time furnishn ame which will afford not only a delighttu recreation, but also'kee`the players in physically t condition, an assist materially 1nimproving and developing their strokes`A and accuracy. L

My invention further consists of novel means for retaining certain sizesor golf halls as required in proximity to the board when not in use in asuitable holder or holders positioned on the board and it furtherconsists of a novel series of markers or scoring devices arrangedpreferably at the rear of the rear gutter as may be desired on certainouthts, whereby the score of each player can be kept and the skill ofthe player accurate-` ly determined or other scor1ng means may heemployed.

It hturther consists of other novel features ot advantage andconstruction, all as will he hereinafter fully set forth in the claimsappended hereto. j`

For the purpose of illustrating my invention I`have shown in theaccompanying drawings one form thereof which is at present preferred byme, since the samehas been found'in practice to give satisfactory andreliable results, although it is to be understood that the variousinstrumentalities of which my invention consists can, be variousventionis not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of theinstrumentalities as herein shown and described.

Figure l represents a plan view of my novel game board for practicinggolfiputtmg.

Figure 2 l'represents-a vertical transverse section on line 2-2, Fig. 1.

Figure 3 represents a vertical longitudinal section on line 3-3, Fig. 1Figure 4 represents on an enlarged scale a vertical sectional view of aportion of the rear of the board showing a pair of markers slidablymounted upon theirjsupport.

Figure 5 represents a vertical sectional view showing the manner ofcovering the 'ly 'arranged and organized-and that my inartificialputtlng green with cloth or the like. Y

Figure 6 represents an end view of the right hand portion of Fig. 1showing the ball holder in the different positions it may assume. y

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings 1 designates my novel construction of golfgame, the same comprising a panel or game board 2 having aliat/orrectilmear upper or putting green surface 3 in which arepositioned the cups or cavities 4 for the reception of the golf vballs5, which are propelled up the incline 6 to or upon the puttlng green 3.Around the rear and sides of the putting green 3, l form guttersortroughs composed of the rear portions 7 and the side portions 8. Atthe central median line of the anel or game board as indicated at 9 inFigs. l and 2, the junction of said rear gutters is raised or in otherwords said rear portons 7 of the gutters each slope downwardly vandoutwardly from the point 9, as will be understood from Fig. 2, so thatany golf balls missing the holes 1 to 9 more or less and reaching eitherof the rear gutters 7, will roll by gravity to the right or left andtravel rearwardly towards the `player in one or the other of the sidegutters 8. In the rear of the tters 7 is provided the rear wall 1G,whicl has a cutoutfportion 11 for the reception of the counters 12,which are balls slidably mounted on the horizontally disposed wire 13,which has its ends 14 secured in theseats 15, as will be understood fromFigs. 2 and 4. The intermediate portions of the wire 13 may be supportedin the posts 16 as will be understood from Figs. 1 and 2, said osts beindropped into position as seen in f ig. 2, sai wire passing through thecentral post 16x, which is screwed or attached other- Wise as conditionswarrant, into the rear Wall 10 as seen in Fig. 2. The rear Wall l0 iscontinued around the sides of the board as indicated at 17 so as toproperly guide the balls during their exit in the side gutters 8. Inorder that the golf balls may be conveniently carried and be accessibleat all times, I' provide the ball holders 18, which are blocks pivotallymounted on the rods 19 which are supported in suitable ears or brackets20, said blocks having apair of concave seats 21 therein, Whose outerwalls 22 are springy or resilient, so that when a golf bal 5 is snappedinto position in its seat, it will be frictionally held'. The blocks 18and the balls therein can he turned outwardly from the position seen inFig. 1 to the Vposition seen at the right of Fig. 6 when the game boardis in use. If desired I can cover the utting green 3 and the incline 6leading t ereto with green baize or cloth 23 as seen in Fig. 5, similarto that used on billiard and pool tables, so as to simulate a naturalputting green, in which case I provide an annular, angular recess aroundeach hole or cup as seen at 2 4 in Fig. 5 and retain the cloth thereinby an annular an lar rin 25, having the inner bevelled wa 26. `T ebottom of the board 2, may rest directly on the indoor floor, carpet orruig, or if desired small knobs or blocks of' ru ber 27 or vacuum cupsof rubber may be attached to the bottom of the board as will beunderstood from Figs. 2 and 3. If desired I may also attach or secure tothe bottom of the board or to the said blocks 27, a stripof textilematerial .28, the latter being of about the same width as the distancebetween the inner edges of the side gutters 8,

as will be understood from Fig. l, said strip projecting beyondtheincline 6 for a suit able distance as will be understood from Fi 3. vThestrip 28 may be of any desired co or as green so as to simulate the turfin proximity to a natural putting green and thus corresponding with thegreen color of the artificial putting green 3 and the incline 6 leadingthereto. The left hand set of markers 12 ma be blue, the right hand setof markers re and the centrally disposed markers 12 White, as will beunderstood from the shading in Figs. 1 and 2, and the golf balls mayalso be similarly colored if desired, or striped or dotted or in solidcolor, so that for example the score of the blue golf ball may be kepton the blue markers, the score of the red ball on the red markers, etc.The putting green area 3 and the incline 6 leading thereto may be greenand the cups or coneavities 4 White, while the gutters 7 and 8 may begreen or any ascenso other desired color. The game board may be composedof any suitable material as Wood, rubber, vulcanized iibre, bakelite,leather, paper, cork or pasteboard composition, or any other compositionor materials desired, and if desired the entire apparatus can be pressedor formed from suitable plastic material, rubber compound or the like,between suitable dies by a simple and inexpensive pressing operation.The board can be made of varying dimensions, so as to he used withstandard sized golf balls or it can be constructed in miniature ormidget sizes, and `the game played with smaller golf balls, or withregulation sizes as used on regular course or standard links.

It will be understood that the incline plane 6 can be omitted if desiredin which case the putting green hoard 3 can be made somewhat thinnerthan shown in Figure 3. It will also be understood that my novel gameboard is adapted not only for indoor use, but it can be used with equalfacility outdoors, and while I have shown nine cups the number of cupsmay be increased or diminished according to requirements, since bymaking the board of sufiiciently large area I can employ 18 cups ifdesired, as well as 9. Vhile I have shown a form of markers or scoringdevice which .may be employed, it will be evident that other equivaientconstructions of scoring devices may be used if desired.

It will now he apparent that I have devised a novel and useful golf gamewhich embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in thestatement of the in vention and the above description, and while I have,in the present instance shown and described forms thereof which willgive in practice satisfactory and reliable results, it is to beunderstood that such preferred embodiments are susceptible ofmodification in various particulars without departing from the spirit orscope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a device of the character stated, a board rovided with arectilinear, horizontally disposed putting green surface havingconcavities therein adapted to receive a putted golf ball, an inclineleading thereto, side gutters, rear gutters having their central meetingpoint raised, whereby said rear gutters lincline downwardly from saidccntral meetingpoint and merge into said side gutters leading to thefront of the board.

2. Ina device of the character stated, a board provided with a puttinggreen surface having concavities therein adapted to receive a golf ball,an incline leading thereto, an outer wall, and a golf ball holderpivotally mounted upon said outer wall and com- Luana i B' prising ablock having a seat therein -anda ing their central meeting point raisedwhere lo resilientl arm for frictionally retaining a. by said rear.gutters mcline downwardly golf ball in said seat. from said` .meetingApoint and merge into4 3. In a device of the character stated, a saidparallel side gutters leading to the 5 board rovided. with arectilinear, horizon- `front of the board, and outer rear and side tallydisposed putting green, surface having waHs surrounding and extendingabove said 15 concavities therein adapted to receive a. gutters.

putted golf ball,- parallel gutters extending to the fronto 'said board,rear gutters havl PHILIP KURTZ, D. D. S.

